Re: The copyright issue

From:

Randal L. Schwartz

Subject:

Re: The copyright issue

Date:

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:23:15 -0700

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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix)

>>>>> "Uday" == Uday S Reddy <address@hidden> writes:
Uday> Stephen J. Turnbull writes:
>> BTW, you forgot David Reitter, who must fork because Aquamacs is
>> dedicated to implementing features that make his proprietary platform
>> (the Mac) more attractive for users than free platforms -- and such
>> features are not allowed as a matter of Emacs policy.
Uday> Can't we find a way out of this dilemma?
You're confusing the license with the *policy*. It's not the GPL that
prevents Aquamacs features from being folded in. It's the Emacs project
leads in particular, setting and enforcing policy.
I'm not taking a side on this debate, but I did want to clarify the
realms properly.
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